Miner&#39;s candlestick.



NO. 870,638. l PATENTBD Nov. 1'2, 1907.

G. D. NEILL.

MINBRS GANDLESTICK.

AUEPLICNIIION FILED MAB.. 4. 1907.

.NIW 5 A TTORNEY.

GUY D. NEILL, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed March 4:. 1907. Serial No. 360,548.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY D. NEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and 'State oi Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Candlesticks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in miners candle sticks, its object being to provide an instrument of the class named which combines efficiency and practicability in use with great simplicity ol construction and operation and for this reason may be manufactured at a cost which permits it to compete in trade with the ordinary, unimproved miners candle sticks now in common use. I attain this object by the mechanism'illustrated in the accompanying drawings inthe various views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which Figure 1- represents a perspective view oi the device ready for use, Fig. 2- a partially sectional plan view'oi the instrument, Fig. 3- a longitudinal section taken along a line 33, Fig. 2, Fig. 4- an underneath view of the device with the parts in the folded position, Fig.,5- an enlarged cross-section taken along a line 5-*5, Fig. 2, Fig. 6- an enlarged transverse section along aline 66, Fig. 2, and, Fig. 7- a perspective view showing a modified construction oi the candle holder. Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 5 designatesa handle formed of a single piece of spring metal, bent midway its extremities to iorm a resilient yoke 6, its ends being brought near together to form the` normally parallel jaws 7. These jaws are provided at their inner, opposite surfaces with longitudinally and centrally extending, concave grooves S which are occupied by the rounded extremity 9 of the entering point, spike or stab 10 which is designed to pierce the wall or other surface, upon which the device is to be secured.

The spike 10 is provided at a distance from the extremity oiits rounded portion, with a transverse pin 11, the projecting extremities of which extend rotatably through axially alined, transverse apertures4 employed to suspend the device from a projecting point in the wall and consists of a shank l-.t having an arcually curved extremity 15 and a lug 16 projecting laterallyat right angles from its opposite end. This lug extends, in practice, within a longitudinally ranging groove 17 in the extreme end of the rounded portion 9 of the spike and is pivotally held in relation thereto turned to a position within the handle, when the instrument is not in use, as shown in Fig. 4.

To further secure the movable parts of the device against displacement when in the opened position, illustrated in Fig. l, I have provided a locking means 19 consisting of an arm integral with" and extending upwardly from one of the jaws 7 and provided at its upper extremity with an inwardly ranging protuberance 20, which when the members are in operative position, occupies a correspondingly shaped indentation `in the adjacent side of the hook 14.

It will be observed that by reason of the resiliency of the handle, the locking member 19 and the hook are disengaged when the spike is turned at an angle to the jaws and the latter are, in consequence, further sepa- The candle holder 21 consists of a single fiat piece of spring metal which terminates in laterally reduced tongues 22 and 24 respectively alined with its upper and lower edges which when the intermediate, main body oi the metal is circularly bent, cross each other in substantially tangential relation to the cylindrical portion 23. One of these tongues 22 is fixedly secured upon the outer surface of one of the jaws 7, by soldering, riveting or analogous means while the opposite tongue 24 extending outwardly affords means to readily manipulate the holder when it is desired to distend the cylindrical portion for the purpose oi inserting a candle.

ln the modified form illustrated in Fig. 7, the candle holder has but one centrally projecting tongue 25, whichin practice extends through a corresponding slot 26 in proximity to its opposite end.

As the operation of the instrument has been referred to at intervals, in the foregoing description, further explanation referring to the usage of the device is deemed superfluous.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r* 1. In a miners candle stick, the combination of an expansihle yoke having normally parallel, longitudinally grooved jaws, and n pair of pivotally connected supporting devices, pivotally positioned within the grooves, the said yoke being adapted to pinchingly retain the said devices in their adjusted positions.

2. In a mners candle stick, the combination of an expansible yoke having jaws adapted to clamp an interposed object, and a pair of pivotally connected supporting devices, pivotally mounted between the said jaws, the said yoke being adapted to pinching-ly retain the said devices in their adjusted positions.

3. In a miner's candle stick, the combination of an expansible yoke having normally parallel, longitudinally grooved jaws, an entering point having a rounded terminal portion normally within the grooves and pivotally mounted between the jaws at a point intermediate its extremities,

' and a suspending hook, pivotaliy secured upon the extremity of the said terminal portion, the said yoke being adapted to pinchingly retain the said entering point Vin its adjusted positions.

4. In a miners candle stick, the combination of a resilient handle having normally parallel, longitudinally grooved jaws, an entering point having a bifurcated terminal portion normally Within the grooves and -pivotally mounted between the jaws at a point remote from its extremity, and a hook member having a lateral lug pivotally secured upon the bifurcated terminal.

5. In a miners candle stick, the combination of,a resilient handle having normally parallel, longitudinally grooved jaws, an entering point pivotally mounted between the jaws, a suspending hook pivotally secured at the ,inner extremity of the said point, and an arm upon the handle having' a proturberance adapted to engage the said hook when the latter is at right angles to the entering point and its pivoted extremity is within the handle.

6. In a miners candle stick the combination of a resilient handle having normally parallel, longitudinally grooved jaws, an entering point pivotally mounted between the jaws, a suspending hook, pivotally secured at the inner extremity of the said point and a locking 301I means upon the handle adapted to frictionally engage the said hook when the latter is at right angles to the entering point and its pivoted extremity is within the handle. In testimony whereof I have atlxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` GUY D. NEILL.

Witnesses z G. J. ROLLANDET, K. M. STUMP. 

